4. McKeesport, Pennsylvania
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, a city sitting on the junction of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers and part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area takes no. 4 in our list of the most dangerous cities in the USA. The city’s high unemployment and poverty rates as well as its low high-school finishing rate, contribute to its soaring violent crime rates.
In 2017, 2,125 incidents of violent crimes per 100,000 residents were reported, almost 5 times that of the national average.
